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Deuteronomy 6:16 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 6 · verse 16
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.Deuteronomy 6:16 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 6:16 in context
14Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
15(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
16Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
Commentary
Cross references
- Exodus 17:7
- Luke 4:12
- Matthew 4:7
- Psalms 95:8-9
- Hebrews 3:8-9
- 1 Corinthians 10:9
- Exodus 17:2
- Numbers 21:4-5
Key words (Strong's)
- temptnâçâhto testH5254 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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Here is, I. A brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience, Deu 6:4, Deu 6:5. These two verses the Jews reckon one of the choicest portions of scripture: they write it in their phylacteries, and think themselves not only obliged to say it at least twice every day, but very happy in…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-16